I took my time walking
back to the estate, it wasn't like I was in a hurry. I had decided to walk
through the woods, the woods were always beautiful at night. The wind would
be light, but just enough to bring the fresh smell of pine and flowers,
the moonlight would streak through the foliage, bringing forth a cool wash
of light, and the flowers, they would be so beautiful with that glimmer.
Yes, I enjoyed walking in the nighttime forest as much as I did then...
The estate wasn't that
far, I could already see the rooftops springing from even the tallest trees.
On the second floor I saw a light, damn, I had forgotten to turn the lamp
off in my room. Yeah, even the oldest vampire could forget things.
As soon as I was under
the window, I looked up and with simplicity, I jumped to my room, landing
inside the shaded room with almost no sound. Easy as that, and no one knew
I had even left my room. It was almost funny, too.
A sound reached my
ears as I brushed off a few cherry blossom petals out of my hair, footsteps.
The only person who would be up at this late hour would be Heero, always
typing away on his computer. But these footsteps were lighter, and they
seemed to be dragged on the floor, as if the person would be still half
asleep. Of course, I knew who it was. It had been the same thing for a
week now.
I didn't expect a knock
though, as the footsteps passed my door. I called back for the person to
enter as I sat down on the bed, bringing my knees to my chin. The door
opened slowly, and there in between the crack of the door and frame Quatre's
head popped out.
"What are you doing
still up, Duo?" He asked sleepily. His eyes were a bit rimmed with fatigue,
and his hair was all messed up in a tangle of blondness. He opened the
door wider and entered while his hand stayed on the doorhandle.
"Nothing, Quatre! I
think I had too much coffee or something before I went to bed, that's all!"
I grinned and passed a hand through my messed up hair. "What are you still
doing up? You didn't have any sugar before going to bed!"
Of course I knew. And
I also knew what he was going to tell me was a lie.
He smiled weakly and
leaned against the door. "I just couldn't sleep. Don't worry Duo, I don't
think anyone would be crazy enough to have sugar before going to bed, it's
only you." One last time he smiled weakly and turned back to the door.
"Well, sorry to have bothered you, be sure to get some sleep, okay? Goodnight."
"You too! Goodnight!"
I waved my hand back and forth as the door closed. I didn't actually have
any sugar, I couldn't even eat it! Nothing could beat down warm blood.
It was only a little act that I had begun to play as I joined them. But
it made me remember so much how I was when I had been mortal...
Those times had long
ago passed. It was time to forget.
Forget... why did the
word mean so little, yet so much at the same time?
* * *
"Good morning everyone!"
I added an extra bounce to my steps as I entered the living room, where
the other four pilots were. Trowa and Quatre were on the couch, Quatre
leaned on Trowa's arm while both of them were reading something, probably
information or something like that. Wufei too was reading something, sitting
cross-legged on the floor close to the gigantic window. And on the other
side of the room, as if I would have never guessed, Heero was in front
of his laptop, typing almost as fast as me.
Really, sometimes even
I didn't understand that boy.
"Ohayo Duo" Quatre
looked up from the page he was reading and smiled. Trowa and Wufei nodded
while Heero just continued to type. As crazy as this may sound, Heero does
have emotions, I can feel them once in a while, but they're hidden to deeply,
sometimes I worry.
Oh! These old mortals
emotions could drive one mad! In another couple of years, I would leave
them, so what was the point of getting attached to them and their crazy
emotions? This 'life', as like the others, would not last more than ten
years. That's how I lived now. Every ten years going to another country
and making what some may call friends. Yet I didn't want to leave this
one...
"Duo?" Trowa looked
at me blankly, lifting an eyebrow.
I had been dreaming
again! It happened sometimes, that I would go off into long moments of
silence, talking to myself. But last time it was so obvious as standing
in the middle of the room looking at the naked wall. I shrugged and waved
my hand. "Nah! I was just spacing out! I should have slept more last night,
I guess!"
"That's why you shouldn't
bring the whole bag of smarties in your room. Not like you ate them all."
Wufei mumbled, not even bothering to turn around to face me.
"I didn't! I swear!"
"I'm certain you didn't.
And Heero has never hacked into government files."
"Hn."
All except Heero muffled
a short laugh. Maybe this was the reason I was so close to them...
* * *
Author's note: Nothing
much in this chapter. Only to show how Duo acts around the other pilots.
I'll post the third chapter soon, since I already wrote half of it. Anyways,
I also wanted to ask you guys if you'd have Duo's past (as in how he got
transformed) in detail or just fast paced. I don't know which one to write!
Oh well, don't forget to review!
